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IS A "DANCING MAN" BfeAVE? LOOK AT THE
TESTS VERNON CASTLE PASSED!
The same temperament that made Vernon Castle a great dancer has
made him a good aviator. The picture shows Vernon and Mrs. Castle as
they appeared before the adventure of the tango teacher in the aviation
business broke up the famous dancing partnership. t
BY J. HERBERT DUCKWORTH
New York, Aug. 10. AH Vernon
Castle's alertness is not in his toes,
after all. "When the famous dancer
sailed from New York to offer his
services to Great Britain as a mili
tary airman, some sneeringly grunt
ed' this side of the Atlantic would be
far more wholesome without his
presence.
Little do these soured censors
know of what is required, mentally
and physically, of a fighting airman.
I have before me a list of the tests
through which the Anglo-American
dancerjpassed before he was- allowed
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